The Escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla

Ministry of Information

Mr Charles Edwin [Ted] Ross of the Ministry of information Hong Kong was David MacDougall's assistant.
Ted led the VIP escape party from the Kings theatre driving his Buick with Henry Hsu following in a softtop Austin car. They escaped from Aberdeen in HMS Cornflower's 25 foot motor launch under heavy machine gun and mortar fire before joining up with the 2nd MTB Flotilla on the South West of Ap Lei Chau Island.

Ted supplied a detailed thirty page account of the events in Hong Kong and subsequent escape.

 

 

Back: Supt Bill Robinson I.P., W. O. William M Wright HKRNVR, Capt Peter Macmillan R.A.,Capt Reginold Guest 1st Mdsx HQ staff, Coxswain Leung Chuen, Ted Ross B.M.I.

2nd: David MacDougall B.M.I., Admiral Chan Chak, Major Arthur Goring staff, Squadron Leader Max Oxford

1st: Merchant Marine Holgar Christiansen, Lt-Cmdr Henry Heng Hsu

Photo from Ted Ross's collection ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo from Admiral Chan Chak's collection ©

 

 

 

Ted retired to Australia in the 1970's to farm cattle followed by a vineyard "Portsea Estate"

Ted Ross kept a detailed diary and audio recordings covering the escape from Hong Kong to the MTBs.